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What is dementia? Dementia is a group of brain disorders that disturb and damage cognitive (power of knowing) functions, affecting memory, one’s very personality, judgment, mood and social functioning . Cognitive function refers to all mental tasks we perform every minute from remembering our name to doing mathematical calculations. Memory is the often the first to go. Gradually one will also lose abilities of problem-solving ability, decision-making, judgment, managing physical space, putting words together communicating. Dementia is a permanent, progressive disease that affects